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Wayne Michael Sanderson, 55, was found guilty Friday by Ontario Superior Court Justice Bonnie Croll of gross indecency and indecent assault on the girl when he was 21.

He drove the figure skater home from a Toronto rink while her parents were away, then kissed her and touched her pubic area, the judge found.

The girl rejected his advances.

But the Belleville man was acquitted of having repeated sexual intercourse from 1981 to 1984 in York Region with another figure skater while he was her coach and starting when she was 13. He was also a coach in Durham between 1982 and 1986 when the various incidents are alleged to have happened.

Now a 44-year-old mother of two, the former figure skater was a "sincere and candid" witness, the judge said. But Mr. Sanderson's evidence left the judge with a reasonable doubt as to his guilt, she added.

She acquitted him of six counts, including indecent assault and sexual intercourse with a girl under 14.

"It may be that Mr. Sanderson committed the offences as described, " but even if a judge were to believe he is probably or likely guilty, that is not enough to convict him, Justice Croll said.

The woman, who can't be named, wiped tears from her eyes after Mr. Sanderson was acquitted in her case but later told reporters she did not regret coming forward and encouraged others in similar circumstances to do the same.

The woman testified last week that the memory of his assaults came flooding back in 2009 when she saw him being interviewed on CTV's W5 about the on-ice death of his 21-year-old son Don.

The Whitby Dunlops defenceman was gravely injured after his helmet came off and he fell, hitting his head on the ice during a hockey fight Dec. 12, 2008. He died on Jan. 2, 2009.

"When I heard his voice, I had a rush of blood and sickness come to me, a reminder of what happened to me, " she testified last week.